• Fredthefishlord
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    1 month ago

    Pretty sure you can also get your phone insured for theft.

    No individual should be expected to use insurance to protect themselves from theft as a solution to it. That’s a crazy take.

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      1 month ago

      That’s literally why insurance exists and is a foundational principle in most modern societies, but uhm, go ahead and keep living in the stone age.

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        1 month ago

        Insurance exists to allow thieves to get off with your stuff with no recourse? Ignoring anything that could be unrecoverable ~ and that insurance is overpriced for it.

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          Gosh I guess that means we should get rid of insurance for things like natural disasters, too, since often your home is unrecoverable in the event of a hurricane, volcano, or some other event with no recourse.

          Lmao

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            1 month ago

            At no point did I argue insurance shouldn’t exist. I said they shouldn’t be expected to use it as such

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              1 month ago

              Yet insurance for theft exists because it continues to be a thing that happens. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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                  1 month ago

                  It feels like it’s the other way around, from my end. Natural disasters don’t stop happening, and crime doesn’t stop happening, ergo, having insurance for both is reasonable.

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                    I never said it wasn’t. So you misunderstood. Having insurance is reasonable.

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        Insurance is to spread out risk over time to prevent ruinous losses. So every time you make a claim, your rates will go up.